We like home decor craft projects that look a bit more modern and a bit less crafty. We're not always successful, but we challenged ourselves to do something new and stylish, but at the same time easy and inexpensive. Our .99 cent Ikea dinner plate project meets that criteria to a "T". See how we did it in the gallery below...

In these days of a questionable economy, we are trying to be very frugal with our home decorating decisions. One way to update your home is to update your lampshades. Lampshades provide a low-cost alternative to purchasing completely new lamps and keep something usable from a landfill. See more photos below.